The +1 Method · chapter 3: My Body Worked Against Me
The resistance threshold
2026-09-02
The bigger today's ask, the lower the chance you actually start, and the whole curve drops on a bad day, so the point where you stop going arrives sooner. Most plans are written on the right of this chart. Day one of the +1 Method sits on the far left, under the threshold on every kind of day.
Below: the paragraph from the book that builds this idea, then the diagram itself (Figure 3.1), and a recap. About a minute of reading.
Once you see it that way, the question changes. It is no longer "how do I become a disciplined person". It becomes something you can actually answer: how big can today's ask be before I stop showing up? Everyone has an answer, and it is lower than we like to admit. Figure 3.1 draws it.
Recap
- The idea: The bigger today's ask, the lower the chance you actually start, and the whole curve drops on a bad day, so the point where you stop going arrives sooner.
- The picture: Figure 3.1, from chapter 3 ("My Body Worked Against Me") of The +1 Method.
- Go deeper: the chapter builds this step by step, with recipes and sources at the end.
This diagram is one of many in The +1 Method.
Every chapter opens with the gist, draws the hard ideas, and ends with recipes and sources.
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